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Despicable Me Doesn't Distinguish Itself From Better Alternatives
- Christian Hamaker Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer
- Updated Dec 17, 2010
DVD Release Date: December 14, 2010
Theatrical Release Date: July 9, 2010
Rating: PG (for rude humor and mild action)
Genre: Comedy
Run Time: 95 min.
Director: Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
Actors: Voices of Steve Carell, Jason Segal, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Kristin Wiig, Will Arnett, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher
Has Pixar ruined the animated film? Of course not—it's simply raised the bar for all other contenders in the world of animation, and that's a good thing.
Dreamworks has seen success with its Shrek series, but many other studios have failed to get a foothold in the world of animation. That hasn't stopped them from trying, however, because they know that no audience segment is more grateful for good entertainment, and more willing to support it through repeated viewings, than the family audience. When a good animated film finds that audience, the profits can be massive during both the film's theatrical run and in its afterlife on home video.
Universal has taken another stab at animation with Despicable Me, a story that bears some resemblance to Pixar's The Incredibles and has some of the irreverence of the Shrek series, but the final result never flies as high as those films. Despite a few good moments, Despicable Me feels more like a missed opportunity than a home run—especially when Toy Story 3 is still in theaters, reminding audiences of how good an animated story can be.
Gru (voice of Steve Carell) is one of the world's top thieves. He lives in a nice neighborhood, but stays in the bowels of his home, dreaming up ways with Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand) and several little green helpers called minions to one-up his earlier acts of villainy.
His contentment turns to resentment when he learns that another villain, Vector (Jason Segal), has pulled off the theft of an Egyptian pyramid, putting Vector in a class by himself. The closest Gru has come to that level was his theft of the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty replicas from Las Vegas.
When a banker informs Gru that there's no profit in his villainy, Gru fights back by plotting his greatest theft yet: He wants to literally steal the moon. He'll build a rocket, fly into space, shrink the moon down to manageable size using a shrink-ray gun, and return home to be declared the Greatest Villain of All Time. "That's what I'm talking about!" Gru proclaims—one of several silly lines, delivered with an amusing accent courtesy of Carell.
Gru's longing for recognition stems from childhood, when his mother (Julie Andrews) cruelly brushed off Gru's attempts to gain her attention. So consumed is Gru with his plan that he enlists the help of three orphan girls (voices of Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher) who stop by his home to sell cookies. Although he treats them like pets rather than like human beings, they slowly awaken fatherly instincts within Gru.
There's nothing egregiously wrong with Despicable Me, but it has few surprises. Gru is somewhat likeable in his flailing attempts to commit dastardly deeds, but his quest to be the world's greatest villain isn't exactly the type of cause most viewers will want to get behind. Kids will enjoy some of the physical and scatological humor, but adults may find their minds wandering. Far from an excruciating experience, Despicable Me doesn't have any one element that sets it apart from other, better animated films: no great vocal performance (Carell is fun, but rarely inspired), no great jokes, no unpredictability to its story. A heartwarming finale sends audiences out on a high note, but much of the early going feels joyless, if not soulless, and getting past that stretch may test the endurance of older audience members.
Despicable Me joins the middle tier of animated films. It's not nearly as atrocious as some of the misfires from Disney or Don Bluth in recent decades, but Pixar has upped the ante substantially during that time. Although there's plenty of room for more good animated films from other studios—the Ice Age movies and Horton Hears a Who (also featuring the voice of Steve Carell and animation work from Despicable Me co-director Chris Renaud) were enjoyable crowd-pleasers—Despicable Me doesn't quite rise to even Horton quality. Although presented in 3D (at premium prices), there's little in Despicable Me that can't wait for video.
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- Language/Profanity: A reference to dog feces; a death threat; two dishes are labeled "pee" and "poo"; a rule about "no burping or farting"; an inventor shows off a "fart gun" that sprays brown smoke; a carnival worker picks his nose; a mother refers to her son as a monkey
- Smoking/Drinking/Drugs: None
- Sex/Nudity: A picture of a bare-bottomed Gru as a baby; minions photocopy their undersides and chuckle at the printouts
- Violence/Crime: A boy falls from a great height onto an inflated pillow; a bird is shot at; guns are cocked; orphans are threatened with confinement in the Box of Shame; Gru uses an ice gun to freeze the head of Vector; a shark chomps on Gru; missiles are aimed at Gru and they explode; minions fight each other; a girl is enclosed in a casket with spikes, and after the casket closes, red fluid pours out of the bottom (the fluid turns out to be juice); a child kicks a man in the shin; a minion grabs Gru between the legs; Gru appears to vomit; Gru destroys a carnival game; Miss Hattie smacks Gru with a dictionary; Vector gets an electrical shock; a surfer lands on rocks after the tide suddenly goes out
- Stealing: The villains are competing to pull off the biggest theft the world has ever seen; previous jobs include theft of the Times Square jumbotron, and replicas of famous structures from Las Vegas
- Religion: The girls pray to be adopted


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The Indiana Legislature turned down most of the proposals meant to boost the state's casinos as they face greater competition from neighboring states.
The compromise that received final approval from the Senate early Saturday won't allow live table games such as blackjack and roulette at the horse track casinos near Indianapolis, where only electronic versions of those games are now allowed. It also won't permit the 10 riverboat casinos to build new inland facilities nearby.
Republican Sen. Phil Boots of Crawfordsville had sought those provisions and said he was disappointed he couldn't get an agreement from House Republicans who regarded them as a gambling expansion.
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Fan Charged With Assault After Alleged Balcony Dive at Bring Me the Horizon Show by Graham 'Gruhamed' Hartmann February 21, 2014 2:24 PM – LOUDWIRE
A concertgoer has been charged with assault after allegedly leaping from a balcony while attending a show headlined by Bring Me the Horizon on Feb. 13 in Denver. As a result of the dive, it's been reported that three concertgoers were injured, resulting in their transport to Denver Health Medical Center.
We're not talking about a stage dive here or even a jump off the speakers. Alex McCormick, 23, allegedly jumped from the second floor balcony of the Ogden Theater down into the pit, causing head and neck trauma to two members of the audience and minor injuries to a third fan, according to Lynn Kimbrough, communications director with the Denver District Attorney. McCormick reportedly fled the scene, but was arrested later that night.
The alleged balcony dive resulted in McCormick being charged with three counts of third degree assault on Feb. 18 according to court documents. McCormick is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 24. [via Reverb]
No statement has been made by Bring Me the Horizon or tour mates Of Mice and Men. Concert promoters AEG Live Rocky Mountains could not be reached for comment.


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In a war that ended just 35 years ago, the US lost 58,000 soldiers in Vietnam. Now the Obama Administration is negotiating a deal that could give Vietnam the opportunity to enrich uranium, which includes the potential to make atom bombs. Vietnam says it only wants develop nuclear energy, but nonproliferation advocates say it's a dangerous precedent and a threat to China. Also, the Federal Reserve will hold a pivotal meeting on the economy, and the driver for humanitarians allegedly killed by the Taliban is being held by authorities in Afghanistan.
Banner image: US Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Michalak (R) and Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Dinh Tien (L) raise a toast after signing a memorandum of understanding on the cooperation in the nuclear energy field on March 30, 2010 in Hanoi. Photo: Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images


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On May 22 is the International Day of Biodiversity, and WORLD NATURE Foundation presents the campaign "S.O.S. NATURE" to raise awareness and fight for the preservation of natural areas and endangered species while continuing to develop cooperation programs, advocacy, outreach and education about our natural areas.
Arcadi Alibés (journalist), Araceli Segarra (Mountaineer) and myself, we will lead the campaign, which will focus on all the values discussed in general, and more specifically in the Pyrenees bear conservation.
Those who have been able to see and experience many special places of our planet, we must witness its beauty, while its fragility and vulnerability. And we need to do our bit for everyone to realize that we can not live away from nature and just squeezing and abusing her constantly.
We all have our share of responsibility in order to avoid our children not to find a worse world than we inherited. This is my main commitment, which I have gained throughout my adventures, because nature itself has shown me and asked me to do it. If I had only climbed or crossed mountains, jungles, deserts or polar regions, for my personal enjoyment or to have some cool photos to show others, without having learned that nature is something to love and, therefore, to respect, it would have been a supreme act of selfishness and human stupidity. This trip served me, mainly, to commit absolutely to our mother nature.
And so, working with an organization like WORLD NATURE, who works every day with discretion and efficiency to provide tangible, concrete benefits to our natural areas, makes me really proud, and gives meaning to many of the things I do, I learn, and that I will try to make in the immediate future.
Because as Albert Einstein said, the world is in danger, but not because of those who do evil, but because of those who do nothing to prevent it.
I encourage everyone to visit this organization and join us in S.O.S. NATURE campaign that starts just this week.
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In This Section
1.) Brief Contents
2.) Comprehensive
Brief Contents
Part I Archaeology: Studying Ancient Times
Chapter 1 Introducing Archaeology and Prehistory
Chapter 2 The Record of the Past
Chapter 3 Acquiring the Record
Chapter 4 How Did People Live?
Part II Ancient Interactions
Chapter 5 Individuals and Interactions
Chapter 6 Studying the Intangible
Chapter 7 Explaining the Past
Part III The World of the First Humans
Chapter 8 Human Origins
Chapter 9 African Exodus
Part IV Modern Humans Settle the World
Chapter 10 The Great Diaspora
Part V The First Farmers and Civilizations
Chapter 11 The Earliest Farmers
Chapter 12 The First Civilizations
Chapter 13 Early Asian Civilizations
Part VI Ancient America
Chapter 14 Maize, Pueblos, and Mound Builders
Chapter 15 Mesoamerican Civilizations
Chapter 16 Andean Civilizations
Part VII On Being an Archaeologist
Chapter 17 So You Want to Become an Archaeologist
Comprehensive Contents
Author's Note
About the Author
Part I Archaeology: Studying Ancient Times
Chapter 1 Introducing Archaeology and Prehistory
How Archaeology Began
The Discovery of Early Civilizations
DISCOVERY: Austen Henry Layard at Nineveh
The Antiquity of Humankind
The Origins of Scientific Archaeology
Archaeology and Prehistory
Prehistory and World Prehistory
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: A Short Guide to Archaeological Diversity
Major Developments in Human Prehistory
Why Are Archaeology and World Prehistory Important?
Mysteries of the Past
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Pseudoarchaeology, or You, Too, Can Be an Armchair Indiana Jones
The Powerful Lure of the Past
Archaeology and Human Diversity
Archaeology as a Political Tool
Archaeology and Economic Development
Who Needs the Past?
SITE: Inyan Ceyaka Atonwan, Minnesota
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Chapter 2 The Record of the Past
The Goals of Archaeology
Constructing Culture History
DISCOVERY: The Folsom Bison Kill Site, New Mexico
Reconstructing Ancient Lifeways
SITE: Sounds of the Past
Explaining Cultural Change
The Process of Archaeological Research
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: An Archaeologist's Ethical Responsibilities
Research Design
Data Acquisition
Publication and Curation
What Is Culture?
The Archives of the Past: The Archaeological Record
Preservation Conditions
A Waterlogged Site: Ozette, Washington
A Dry Site: Puruchucho-Huaquerones, Peru
Cold Conditions: Nevado Ampato, Peru
Volcanic Ash: Cerén, El Salvador
DISCOVERY: Tragedy at Cerén, El Salvador
Time and Space
The Law of Association
The Law of Superposition
Key Terms and
Critical-Thinking Questions
Chapter 3 Acquiring the Record
DISCOVERY: Recording the Behistun Inscription, Iran
How Do You Find Archaeological Sites?
Accidental Discoveries
Deliberate Survey
Settlement Patterns and Settlement Archaeology
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
SITE: Teotihuacán, Mexico
How Do You Dig Up the Past?
The Ethical Responsibilities of the Excavator
Research Design and Problem-Oriented Excavation
Types of Excavation
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Archaeological Sites
Excavation as Recording
How Old Is It?
Relative Chronology
Chronometric Dating
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Dating the Past
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Chapter 4 How Did People Live?
Technologies of the Ancients
Bone, Antler, and Ivory
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Classifying Artifact Types
Wood 88
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Lithic Analysis
Clay (Ceramics)
Metals and Metallurgy
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Ceramic Analysis
Basketry and Textiles
SITE: Ancient Wine at Abydos, Egypt
Subsistence: Making a Living
Animal Bones
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Studying Ancient Subsistence
Plant Remains
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Flotation Methods
Fishing and Fowling
Reconstructing Ancient Diet
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Part II Ancient Interactions
Chapter 5 Individuals and Interactions
An Individual: Ötzi the Ice Man
Social Ranking
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: The Law Code of Hammurabi of Babylon, 1760 B.C.
SITE: The Sepulcher of the Maya Lord Pacal, Palenque, Mexico
Gender: Men and Women
Grinding Grain at Abu Hureyra, Syria
The Engendered Past 1
Ethnicity and Inequality
Ideologies of Domination
Artifacts, Social Inequality, and Resistance
Trade and Exchange
DISCOVERY: War Casualties at Thebes, Egypt
Types of Exchange and Trade
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Obsidian Sourcing
A Unique Portrait of Ancient Trade: The Uluburun Ship
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Chapter 6 Studying the Intangible
A Framework of Common Belief
DISCOVERY: Shang Oracle Bones, China
Ethnographic Analogy and Rock Art
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Copying South African Rock Paintings
The Archaeology of Death
Artifacts: The Importance of Context
Artifacts and Art Styles
SITE: The Shrine at Phylakopi, Greece
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: The Ancient Maya World through Glyphs
Sacred Places
Astroarchaeology and Stonehenge
Southwestern Astronomy and Chaco Canyon
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Chapter 7 Explaining the Past
Culture History
Constructing Culture History
A Hierarchy of Archaeological Units
Descriptive Models of Cultural Change
Inevitable Variation
Cultural Selection
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: A Hierarchy of Archaeological Entities
DISCOVERY: A Tale of Two Maya Women: Waka, Guatemala
Archaeology by Observation and Experiment
Experimental Archaeology
Explaining Cultural Change
Cultural Systems and Cultural Processes
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
Processual Archaeology
People, Not Systems
SITE: Guilá Naquitz Cave, Mexico
Cognitive-Processual Archaeology
The Issue of Complexity
Change and No Change
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Part III The World of the First Humans
Chapter 8 Human Origins
The Great Ice Age (c. 2.5 Million to 15,000 Years Ago)
Early Primate Evolution and Adaptation
The Primate Order
"Coming Down from the Trees"
The Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution (7 Million to 1.5 Million Years Ago)
The Earliest Known Hominin: Toumaï, Sahelanthropus tchadensis
What Is Australopithecus?
Ardipithecus ramidus
Australopithecus anamensis and Australopithecus afarensis
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Potassium-Argon Dating
All Kinds of Australopithecines (3 Million to 2.5 Million Years Ago)
Gracile Australopithecines: Australopithecus africanus
Robust Australopithecines: A. aethiopicus, A. boisei, and A. robustus
Australopithecus garhi
Early Homo: Homo habilis (2.5 Million to 2 Million Years Ago)
A Burst of Rapid Change?
Who Was the First Human?
The Earliest Human Technology
Hunters or Scavengers?
SITE: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Plant Foraging and Grandmothering
The Earliest Human Mind
The Development of Language
The Earliest Social Organization
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Chapter 9 African Exodus
Ice Age Background
Homo ergaster in Africa
Homo erectus (c. 1.9 Million to c. 200,000 Years Ago)
Radiating out of Africa
Homo erectus in Asia
The Lifeway of Homo erectus
Hand Axes and Choppers
Archaic Homo sapiens (c. 400,000 to 130,000 Years Ago)
Archaic Homo sapiens: Homo heidelbergensis
SITE: A 400,000-Year-Old Hunt at Schöningen, Germany
The Neanderthals (c. 200,000 to 30,000 Years Ago)
The Origins of Modern Humans (c. 180,000 to 150,000 Years Ago)
Continuity or Replacement?
Molecular Biology and Homo sapiens
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: DNA and Prehistory
Ecology and Homo sapiens
Out of Tropical Africa
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Part IV Modern Humans Settle the World
Chapter 10 The Great Diaspora
The Late Ice Age World (50,000 to 15,000 Years Ago)
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Radiocarbon Dating
The Peopling of Southeast Asia and Australia (c. 50,000 to 15,000 Years Ago)
Late Ice Age Europe: The Cro-Magnons (45,000 to 15,000 Years Ago)
Cro-Magnon Technology
Cro-Magnon Art
Hunter-Gatherers in Eurasia (35,000 to 15,000 Years Ago)
DISCOVERY: Grotte de Chauvet, France
East Asia (35,000 to 15,000 Years Ago)
Sinodonty and Sundadonty
Early Human Settlement of Siberia (Before 20,000 to 15,000 Years Ago)
The First Americans (Before 15,000 Years Ago to 11,000 B.C.)
Settlement before 30,000 Years Ago?
Settlement after 15,000 Years Ago?
SITE: Monte Verde, Chile
The Clovis People (c. 11,200 to 10,900 B.C.)
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Part V The First Farmers and Civilizations
Chapter 11 The Earliest Farmers
After the Ice Age
Changes in Hunter-Gatherer Societies
Social Complexity among Hunter-Gatherers
DISCOVERY: Hunter-Gatherers at Modoc Rockshelter, Illinois
Origins of Food Production
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) Radiocarbon Dating
Consequences of Food Production
The First Farmers in Southwestern Asia
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Domesticating Wheat and Barley
Egypt and the Nile Valley
Early Agriculture in Anatolia
SITE: Ritual Buildings in Southeastern Turkey
European Farmers
Early Agriculture in South and East Asia
The Indus Valley
Rice Cultivation in Southern China
SITE: Easton Down and the Avebury Sacred Landscape, England
The First Farmers in Northern China
Navigators and Chiefs in the Pacific (2000 B.C. to Modern Times)
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Chapter 12 The First Civilizations
What Is a State-Organized Society?
Theories of the Origins of States
The Collapse of Civilizations
Early Civilization in Mesopotamia (5500 to 3100 B.C.)
The First Cities: Uruk
The Sumerians (c. 3100 to 2334 B.C.)
DISCOVERY: The Temple at Eridu, Iraq
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: The Sumerians
Ancient Egyptian Civilization (c. 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C.)
Predynastic Egypt: Ancient Monopoly? (5000 to 3100 B.C.)
Dynastic Egyptian Civilization (c. 3100 to 30 B.C.)
SITE: The Step Pyramid at Saqqara
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Ahmose, Son of Ebana
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Chapter 13 Early Asian Civilizations
South Asia: The Harappan Civilization (c. 2700 to 1700 B.C.)
Mature Harappan Civilization
South Asia after the Harappans (1700 to 180 B.C.)
The Origins of Chinese Civilization (2600 to 1100 B.C.)
Royal Capitals
Royal Burials
Bronze Working
Shang Warriors
The War Lords (1100 to 221 B.C.)
DISCOVERY: The Burial Mound of Emperor Shihuangdi, China
Southeast Asian Civilization (A.D. 1 to 1500)
The Angkor State (A.D. 802 to 1430)
SITE: Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Part VI Ancient America
Chapter 14 Maize, Pueblos, and Mound Builders
North America after First Settlement
SITE: The Olsen-Chubbock Bison Kill, Colorado
The Story of Maize
Mesoamerica: Guilá Naquitz and Early Cultivation
The Earliest Maize
Andean Farmers
The North American Southwest (300 B.C. to Modern Times)
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Dendrochronology (Tree-Ring Dating)
Hohokam, Mogollon, and Ancestral Pueblo
Mound Builders in Eastern North America (2000 B.C. to A.D. 1650)
Adena and Hopewell
The Mississippian Tradition
SITE: Moundville, Alabama
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Chapter 15 Mesoamerican Civilizations
The Olmec (1500 to 500 B.C.)
Ancient Maya Civilization (Before 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1519)
Beginnings (Before 1000 to 300 B.C.)
Classic Maya Civilization (A.D. 300 to 900)
The Classic Maya Collapse
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: The Hieroglyphic Stairway at Copán
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Studying the Maya Collapse at Copán
The Rise of Highland Civilization (1500 to 200 B.C.)
Teotihuacán (200 B.C. to A.D. 750)
DOING ARCHAEOLOGY: Life in Teotihuacán's Barrios
The Toltecs (650 to 1200)
Aztec Civilization (1200 to 1521)
SITE: The Great Temple at Tenochtitlán
The World of the Fifth Sun
The Aztec State
The Spanish Conquest
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Chapter 16 Andean Civilizations
The Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization
Coastal Foundations (2500 to 900 B.C.)
El Paraíso and Huaca Florida
The Early Horizon and Chavín de Huántar (900 to 200 B.C.)
The Initial Period
Irrigation Agriculture Inland (After 1800 B.C.)
The Lake Titicaca Basin: Chiripa and Pukara (1000 B.C. to A.D. 100)
The Moche State (200 B.C. to A.D. 700)
DISCOVERY: The Lords of Sipán, Peru
The Middle Horizon: Tiwanaku and Wari (600 to 1000) 423
The Late Intermediate Period: Sicán and Chimu (700 to 1460)
The Late Horizon: The Inka State (1476 to 1534)
SITE: Cuzco, the Imperial Inka Capital
The Spanish Conquest (1532 to 1534)
Key Terms and Sites
Critical-Thinking Questions
Part VII On Being an Archaeologist
Chapter 17 So You Want to Become an Archaeologist
Archaeology as a Profession
Deciding to Become an Archaeologist
Gaining Fieldwork Experience
Career Opportunities
Academic Qualifications and Graduate School
Thoughts on Not Becoming a Professional Archaeologist
Our Responsibilities to the Past
A Simple Code of Archaeological Ethics for All
Key Term
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The country needs a federal agency akin to the National Institutes of Health in order to fix the problems with the internet, keynoter Dan Kaminsky yesterday told a record crowd of more than 6,400 at Black Hat 2016.
Private companies are dealing with the security problems they face without sharing the solutions or pushing for the underlying engineering changes that are needed to make the internet more secure, says Kaminsky, who famously discovered a serious vulnerability in DNS, which underpins the internet.
The solution is a central agency to address those engineering challenges. He says all the money that is spent piecemeal on battling security needs to be channeled to this agency so it has the resources and bureaucratic bulk to escape being derailed by transient public officeholders whose policies can change dramatically and quickly.
"The policy people are coming for us," he says. "We need institutions and systems. We need something like NIH for cyber with good and stable funding."
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He says the National Institute of Standards and Technology tries to play that role, but it has been subverted in the past, notably when the NSA steered it toward an encryption standard that could be backdoored. "NIST couldn't keep NSA out. We need to be able to keep the NSA out," he said after his keynote.
The problem is that private security vendors and corporate security teams must fight the threats of the moment and lack the time and resources and authority to plan structural changes. "I'm supporting Civil Service nerds being left alone to do what they do," he says. They need to be free to work with focus on a project for 10 years without being interrupted and without being harassed, he says.
The internet is a key part of running our economy, and changes – particularly to strengthen security – are needed in order to keep that use viable, he says. The fundamental change he points to is making the cloud secure enough that people trust it to handle data and applications. The cloud, he says, needs a mechanism to return corrupted instances to a known good state such as containers to run virtual machines in that can be reset if corrupted.
On a smaller scale, enterprises need to share the security fixes they now work out for themselves. This would save time, money and effort, and it's a model already followed by financial institutions. It's more important for them to share so they can quickly respond to threats they face as a group. "Banks don't compete on security," he says.
He says security fixes should be shared just as coding is shared on GitHub. "It's cheaper and cost effective to give it to the world," he says.
Kaminsky calls for an end to the current battle over encryption and the push by law enforcement to have backdoors so they can decrypt communications. He says it's necessary in order for businesses and individuals to continue using the internet. Without encryption, he says, there would be no cloud because no one would trust it.
He cited a statistic from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration that about half of Americans backing away from using the internet because of concerns about security and privacy. "The encryption debate is shutting down trust," he says.
He says he set up a website that acts as a browser for PCs and found that it was used without people worrying about security or whether the sites they went to were being logged.
Improving trust and actual security are important, he says, because the internet is helping drive commerce. "We need to help the thing that's running our economy right now."


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This manual is based upon Scope and Coverage Manual of the National Library of Medicine. 1977 (PB 271 252), and upon the 1981 edition of the Acquisition and Collection Development Policy of the Library of the Health Sciences, as revised in 1988.
This scope and coverage manual constitutes the acquisitions policy of the Libraries of the Health Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, at its various locations (Lubbock, Amarillo, El Paso, Odessa) and has been prepared to provide the staff of the TTUHSC Libraries with guidelines for selecting both print and non-print materials for the collections. It is the responsibility of the librarians to determine which of the items received will become part of the permanent collection.
The primary responsibility for selection of resources rests with the libraries' Collection Development Committee. However, expertise from many sources will be sought and used. Faculty may be consulted when, in the opinion of the Library staff, a particular item is highly selective. Advice of a knowledgeable individual may be sought when guidelines for weeding need to be established. Consultants should be regular library users, be knowledgeable about current and past literature in their field, and have good communications with other members of the department, so that opinions given reflect the combined needs of the department. Adding or deleting serial titles will be the joint responsibility of the Executive Director, the Senior Director for Technical Services, and the libraries' Collection Development Committee. The library web site also has a link to an online resource suggestion form for students and faculty to make recommendations.
The subject areas in which the TTUHSC Libraries collect may be summarized as follows:
Basic medical sciences: e.g., human and comparative anatomy and physiology, human heredity, histology, embryology, biochemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, pharmacy and pharmaceutics, microbiology, immunology, parasitology, and pathology.
Body systems; e.g., musculoskeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, hemic, lymphatic, gastrointestinal, urogenital, endocrine, and nervous systems.
Diseases: e.g., infectious, metabolic, and immunologic diseases; diseases caused by physical agents and by animal or plant poisoning.
General medicine: e.g., its educational, scientific, professional, practical, legal, bioethical, economic, social, and military aspects; includes materials on physicians.
Health care delivery: e.g., assessment of health care need,, health care plants/facilities, and types and distribution of health care manpower; planning for and management of health care delivery systems; primary care; quality of health care, laws affecting the organization and financing of health care; the economic and social impact of disease and health care on special population groups; medical service plans, including health and hospitalization insurance, national health programs, and health care maintenance organizations (HMOs).
History of medicine.
Medical specialties: e.g., surgery, pediatrics, dermatology, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, radiology, psychiatry, otorhinolaryngology, ophthalmology, etc.
Practice of Health Professions.
Practice of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.
Practice of medicine: e.g., diagnosis, drug therapy and other therapeutic techniques.
Practice of nursing.
Public health: e.g., preventive medicine, health statistics, health problems of special population groups, epidemiology, sanitary control, hygiene, and societal, economic, and environmental factors affecting public health.
Aviation and space medicine
Animal physiology
Basic veterinary medicine
Botany of poisonous plants
Dental and oral surgery
General genetics and heredity
Health sciences in library and information sciences
History of medicine
Medical informatics
General biology
General botany
General education
General science
Human ecology
Human engineering
Molecular biology
Religion and medicine
Special education
Veterinary public health
Levels of coverage are:
The Libraries of the Health Sciences are the major bibliographic resources for the schools of medicine, nursing, health professions, pharmacy, and graduate biomedical sciences in the West Texas area. They function collectively as resource libraries in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Regional Medical Library Program (NNLM). The subject areas which the library collects are as follows:
Core Subjects
Basic medical sciences
Body systems
Clinical laboratory science
General medicine
Health care delivery
Health Professions
Hospital administration
Medical specialties
Medical technology
Occupational therapy
Pharmacy communication
Physical therapy
Practice of medicine
Public health
QH 431 (LC) | Human Genetics |
QS 1-132 | Anatomy |
QS 504-532 | Histology |
QS 604-675 | Embryology |
QT 180-275 | Physiology and Hygiene |
QU | Biochemistry |
QV | Pharmacology and Pharmacy |
QW 1-300 | Microbiology |
QW 501-900 | Immunology |
QX | Parasitology |
QY | Clinical Pathology |
QZ | Pathology |
W | Health Professions |
WA | Public Health and Preventive Medicine |
WB | Practice of Medicine |
WC | Communicable Diseases |
WD 100 | Nutrition Disorders |
WD 200 | Metabolic Diseases |
WD 300 | Immunologic and Collagen Diseases. Hypersensitivity |
WD 400 | Animal Poisons |
WD 500 | Plant Poisons |
WD 600 | Diseases and Injuries Caused by Physical Agents |
WE | Musculoskeletal System |
WF | Respiratory System |
WG | Cardiovascular System |
WH | Hemic and Lymphatic Systems |
WI | Digestive System |
WK | Endocrine System |
WL | Nervous System |
WM | Psychiatry |
WN | Radiology. Diagnostic Imaging |
WO | Surgery |
WP | Gynecology |
WQ | Obstetrics |
WR | Dermatology |
WS | Pediatrics |
WT | Geriatrics. Chronic Disease |
WV | Otorhinolaryngology |
WW | Ophthalmology |
WY | Nursing |
Scholarly literature in any other subject field may be collected if a reasonable proportion of its contents are relevant to the needs of the Health Sciences Centers. Any reference tools which are non-biomedical in scope and are necessary for public service and for carrying out the other library functions are acquired upon recommendation of the reference staff, campus associate directors and/or various academic departments.
The following notes attempt to explain why certain core subjects are collected and to what extent. The notes are intended to be used to clarify the scope of collecting in other levels excluding the core and to define any deviation from the policies for the research and reference collection levels.
Materials selected will include only publications of a substantial nature and which provide detailed description or analysis of the therapeutic system, or the history of its use. Only current texts are kept.
The emphasis is on materials related to the improvement of health or prevention of disease.
The Library collects materials in the following areas which are related to aging:
The Library attempts to provide some support to each of the programs in health professions. Much of the background material for these programs falls within the core subjects covered by the Library. Emphasis remains on current material. Currently there are programs in the following areas:
Recently published works on the history of health and the biomedical sciences. Persons in the biomedical sciences, biographies of prominent persons in the biomedical and health sciences, bibliographies and journals are acquired in English only. Rare books in scope are purchased, funds permitting. Facsimiles of old or rare medical works are purchased if in the general scope. Materials which are pertinent to West Texas medical history, or, in some instances, Texas medical history are acquired.
Current authoritative materials on hospital administration are collected including; architectural planning; organization and management; clinical departments and emergency services; safety and disaster programs; hospital jurisprudence; medical personnel and records management.
Basic texts in nutrition, nutritional disorders, dietetics, basic research and food composition as well as international studies of nutritional status in individual populations and epidemiology are collected. Materials on food production (agricultural methods) and food supply are not collected.
Materials in this area are not collected except on a very minimal level.
While most of the material is at the research level in public health, other subjects within this broader category are collected at various levels depending upon demand and development of programs.
With the exception of the following special topics, the Libraries of the Health sciences do not collect in this area:
The emphasis here is on the relation of genetics to human health. General genetics texts are acquired sparingly at the reference collection level. The following subjects are collected:
The following subjects are not collected:
The Libraries of the Health Sciences collect materials on medical jurisprudence and forensic medicine when they are directed primarily to the physician or other health professional.
The materials collected in this subject area consist of current items on management, particularly as related to personnel administration, budgeting, and management systems or methods. This collection is primarily for the use of the library staff, but the clientele of the library should be considered when making selection decisions.
Every effort is made to collect the latest materials (e.g. monographs, journals, and reports) in this area primarily for the library faculty and staff. Particular attention is paid to materials related to special libraries, science and medical libraries, information science, automation, and library administration.
Efforts are made to get the advice of faculty and staff in these areas before purchasing. Materials which relate directly to biomedical or social science problems are collected specifically at the research level.
General handbooks, encyclopedias and other materials are collected for the reference collection at a minimal level. If the specific fields are closely related to medicine, additional monographs and other materials will be collected very selectively (. e.g. optics, sound, acoustics, radiation, bio-physics).
This subject engenders a very extensive literature and selection is based upon whether [1] the materials add to the understanding of normal and pathologic human behavior, or [2] disorders. Subject areas which might be added upon review are general psychology, psychopathology, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, physiological psychology, psychopharmacology, drug and alcohol abuse.
Where sociology as a discipline is directly related to health care and practice, materials in all formats are purchased. Publications which deal specifically with the socio-economic factors of health status or the delivery of health care are of sufficient importance for the libraries to acquire.
Materials in this area are purchased only to support research and the vivarium.
Limitations to coverage of the biomedical literature are treatment of the subject, form/type, language and geographic guidelines.
TTUHSC Libraries of the Health Sciences are committed to collect scholarly biomedical literature comprehensively in those areas which are necessary to support programs of TTUHSC programs. This literature may be published in journals, other serials publications, monographs, government documents, or in non-print formats. The libraries attempt to collect that literature which:
Form/Type of Material
TTUHSC Libraries of the Health Sciences collect the following types of literature on a top priority basis:
Language of a publication limits coverage in all the subject areas. Those materials published in English will have top priority.
Geographic Limits
Health-related materials issued by the departments of the following governmental bodies are collected on a selective basis:
Abridged Editions
Abridged editions of textbooks and other biomedical publications are not collected. Excepted are published legislative summaries, major publications in core subjects which have a unique title, works printed before 1801 and, in some cases, Americana (WZ 270).
Abstracting and Indexing Services
Major abstracting and indexing services in biomedicine which are either national or international in scope are collected on a selective basis. As many of these indexes are now on-line, the deciding factor in either purchasing or retaining an index or abstracting service is its availability in on-line form.
Academic Dissertations (Theses)
Only those doctoral dissertations and master's theses which are done in programs of TTUHSC are collected.
Annual Reports
Annual reports of major centers of medical education as well as regional, and private foundations supporting medical research are collected on a selective basis. Reports from TTUHSC libraries and major resource libraries are retained on an indefinite basis. All other annual reports are reviewed for possible disposal.
Autographed Biomedical Publications
Such publications are collected if 1) they are within the scope of the TTUHSC libraries, or 2) they are the works of an employee of TTUHSC.
Subject bibliographies which are derived solely from Index Medicus are not collected with the exception of the NLM literature searches and recurring bibliographies.
Biographies and Autobiographies
Biographies and autobiographies of health professionals are collected unless the work relates to activities unconnected with biomedicine. Biographies and autobiographies of patrons of the health sciences and professions are collected only if the patron's efforts or contributions (whether monetary or otherwise) were of significant influence, and if a substantial portion of the biographical work relates to his/her interest in the field of biomedicine.
Bulletins and Transactions of Faculties
These publications are collected only if they contain substantive signed articles.
No formal effort is made to collect catalogs of medical schools.
The following are not collected:
Book catalogs of medical libraries (except history collections).
Individually issued catalogs of drugs.
Congresses, Conferences, Symposia, etc.
These publications are collected on a limited basis. Only those which have superior significance will be considered.
Directories of Members
Membership directories, in general, are not collected below the state level, with the exception of the local health related societies. Directories that are simply a list of the names of members and lack other information are not collected.
Directories of Organizations
U.S. publications are not collected below the state level with the exception of local organizations related to health care. Canadian and other foreign directories are collected on a selective basis and then only at the national level.
Examination Series
Examination guides which are produced to aid students in the health sciences in preparing for specialty on board exams are collected only in the English language and only if they are published by the major medical publishers or major professional organizations.
Fictional works, including drama and poetry, written by medical professionals are not systematically collected, except if written by local individuals.
Government Regulations
Regulations which interpret legislation are collected only as issued by the Federal government in The Code of Federal Regulations. Regulations issued by other governments, with the exception of the State of Texas, are not collected.
Health Education and Patient Education Materials
Health education materials are materials used to educate the health consumer in matters of health and self-care/self-help. Patient education materials are health education materials specifically designed for persons suffering from a particular disease or disorder.
Publications which are prepared by recognized leaders in health professions, by institutions of outstanding reputation, or under U. S. Federal Government contract are collected selectively, and then only on the advise of the health professional whose subject is in question.
Hospital Journals
Hospital (in-house) journals are not systematically collected. Individual regional campus libraries may collect pertinent literature for those hospitals they serve if they add strength to the overall collection.
Imprint Variants
Materials that are published in two or more places in the same language are collected in a single imprint with the U.S. edition preferred. However, if the title, preface, or textual content of the works differ, and if the subject is in scope, both imprints are collected. Excepted works are those printed before 1801 and Americana (WZ 270).
Journals (see Journals: Selection Guidelines)
Juvenile Literature
This type of literature is not collected.
Lectures and Speeches
Separately published lectures, speeches, and addresses in the core subjects are collected on a selective basis; those in the related subjects are collected on a very selective basis. Lectures and speeches separately published given by faculty or local health professionals are collected.
Legislative Documents
These are collected on a very selective basis in the core subjects, and are retained in report form only.
Loose-leaf Publications
Loose-leaf publications are here defined as those publications which are updated by replacement pages which must be interfiled in the basic work. This type of material is collected only in the core subjects and on a very selective basis. General textbooks in loose-leaf format are not collected except when specifically requested for the Reference Collection.
Laboratory manuals in the core subjects which are designed for use by health care personnel are collected if procedural details and techniques are explained. Those prepared by HSC faculty are collected. Administrative manuals which outline the organizational structure and policies of major health-related institutions are collected on a selective basis. Operating manuals for use with a specific company's equipment are not collected. General first aid manuals are collected only in the English language.
Maps, Graphs, Posters, and Charts
Individually issued items are collected when requested by faculty.
Newsletters and Newspapers
These are subscribed to on a limited basis. Few are permanently retained in the collection.
Pamphlets (unbound, non-periodical publications of not fewer than five and no more than forty-eight pages exclusive of covers) are collected selectively.
Criteria for selection are as follows:
Contains significant current or historical information in biomedicine.
Outlines the standards or position of major health related organizations.
Provides information for health education.
Personal Narratives (see also Biographies and Autobiographies)
Personal narratives of illness or injury written by a patient or his/her family are collected on a selective basis.
Photographic Collections
Publications which consist of a collection of photographs with identifying captions and lack comprehensive textual material are not collected. Exceptions: those of local interest are collected selectively.
Popular Works
Popular "how to" materials are not collected.
Press Releases
Press releases are not collected.
Programmed Texts
Materials designed for health care personnel which are in printed format and published by major medical publishers, major professional organizations, or major centers of medical education are collected selectively. Self-instructional texts which are primarily in non-print format are selected on the basis of guidelines for non-print materials.
Progress Reports
Progress reports which are actually annual administrative or research reports are collected on a very selective basis. Preliminary reports are not collected.
Promotional Materials
Commercial product and service advertising materials and literature used in fund raising appeals are not collected.
Published Abstracts
As a general rule these are not acquired by the library; however, if published abstracts come as part of a journal subscription, they are kept with the completed volume.
Radio and Television Scripts
These are not collected.
Reprints are collected on the following basis:
Reprint editions of monographs and series/serials if the Library lacks the original and the original cannot be purchased, or if the original is in poor condition or too valuable to lend, are collected.
Reprints of the collected works of a health professional which are published in one volume are collected. A monograph collection of reprints or a reprint series/serial on a core subject of special importance is collected only if this is the only way to acquire this information.
Materials which are not collected:
Reprints of a single journal article.
Reprint collections of the writings of members of a particular institution/organization are not, as a general rule, collected.
Monographs which consist primarily of reprints of journal articles are not collected.
Publications which identify standard levels of safety of productions or conditions which affect human health are collected.
Official U. S. national standards for devices and products used in health care delivery or in biomedical research are collected very selectively.
U.S. Federal Government and Texas Government health, vital, and/or population statistics are collected. Health, vital, and/or statistics for other in-scope governmental bodies are collected only in cumulated form, and that selectively. Statistics series which contain substantial health, vital, and/or population statistics in addition to other statistics, are collected if in scope; however, if such series are published in sections, only those sections which contain health, vital, and/or population statistics are collected.
Syllabi and Course Outlines
These publications are collected only if produced within TTUHSC.
Textbooks which are intended to be used in the professional education of biomedical personnel are collected. Other textbooks are not collected unless a need arises in a special subject area.
Translations from a foreign language into English and from a less familiar language to one that is more familiar (e.g. Arabic to French) are collected. If a translation exists in English, it is to be preferred to the original language. Translations of English works into foreign languages are not generally collected. Exception: a work of a local author. Translations of single journal articles are not collected.
Unpublished Materials
Manuscript materials of present or potential historical interest may be collected in all areas of biomedicine as space allows. Materials to be excluded from the general collection are: papers presented at congresses/symposia, manuscripts, student reports, typewritten (original or copies) texts of speeches, and typewritten bibliographies. Unpublished case histories and current medical records are not collected.
Yearbooks [Student]
Only those produced by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences centers are collected.
The major support is given to those programs in teaching, research and clinics which are the emphasis of the schools of TTUHSC. Special needs for programs which affect only a small number of individuals are considered, but support cannot be as comprehensive. Programs which lie outside of TTUHSC (users of the libraries but not supporters of those libraries financially) have either secondary priority or are not considered.
If a journal has been published for some time, it is necessary to ascertain whether it is indexed in widely-used and available indexes. If a journal is too new to be in an index, and if it is not possible to make an educated guess that it will be, it should be deferred (unless specifically requested by a faculty consultant). Those publications which have no cumulated indexes and do not appear in the major indexing tools are questionable and should receive low priority in selection.
Titles for which a definite need has been shown either through requests to support major teaching and research programs, by multiple recommendations, or interlibrary loan requests, should be given top priority for purchase regardless of other factors. (Note: follow copyright law.)
It quality cannot be pre-determined either from the publisher's reputation or other available information, a sample should be requested. These samples should be placed in a prominent place so that experts in the field can review them and give an estimation of potential value and use.
All relevant titles should be selected regardless of price; however, those whose annual subscription rates are usually high should be given additional consideration. If possible, a consultant in the appropriate subject area should review the journal and give an estimation of potential use.
Whenever possible, the libraries seek to obtain those journals which are of vital interest to the programs of TTUHSC on their local campuses.
Priority is given to U.S. titles and English-language journals. Multilanguage journals with strong international editorial and review boards also are considered. Other titles in other languages are only acquired when the demand is very strong.
Usually, journals which are considered important enough for an initial purchase are added to the collection permanently. The exceptions are as follows:
Because the financial commitment to a journal title is far greater than to a monograph title, the selection of a specific title is more critical. At the time of decision to purchase a title, several items are taken into consideration in purchasing the back files:
The libraries maintain a constant and thorough evaluation of their journal collections. Current subscriptions are evaluated according to the following criteria which is similar to monograph selection criteria:
Collection is limited to functional computer software (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite) for use by students and faculty.
This collection exists to collect the records of the TTUHSC institutional history.
This collection is built largely upon gifts to the libraries from all periods of health care history, but with special collecting emphasis on frontier and rural health in the West Texas area.
This is a non-circulating collection which is present in 2 libraries of the TTUHSC system. It exists in order that ready-reference, factual, and index materials may be found quickly by users and librarians alike. It consists of two broad general categories (information on persons and organizations; factual data). The Lubbock reference collection has been transferred to the general collection
The TTUHSC Libraries have extensive holdings in electronic resources, which may be viewed and copied by our faculty, staff, and students, regardless of their location. Generally, in cases wherein we have subscribed to an electronic journal already extant in our hard copy journals collections, we eliminate all but one paper copy of the title. Obvious exceptions to this rule are such titles as JAMA, NEJM, etc. In the case of electronic books, no attempt is made to reduce or eliminate hard copies. The library system will not engage in licensing practices which limit use to one physical campus or site, or which do not permit the broadcast of the electronic product via proxy server. At this time, the TTUHSC Lubbock and El Paso campus libraries are sharing some electronic resources.
The following are general guidelines for the monographic collections. Policies for specific subjects and collections such as reference and AV, and the evaluation of journals are discussed in sections devoted to each of those topics.
The Libraries of the Health Sciences of Texas Tech University are no longer able to routinely accept most donations of books and other materials for the general circulating collection. This change in policy is due to the high cost of processing donated materials, the library's shift towards electronic resources, and the increasing demand for student study space. Please consider other options for sharing your materials, including public libraries, used bookstores, or charitable organizations. If you feel your potential gift is of critical research interest to the Libraries of the Health Sciences, such as items of local interest, please provide us with a description and characterization of the material via one of the following contact points:
Amy Faltinek Richard Nollan
Sr. Director, Technical Services Executive Director of the Libraries
806-743-4579 806-743-1048
email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com
Library staff cannot appraise the value of the gift material. Donors may have independent professional appraisals performed for especially valuable gifts.
Some efforts are made toward cooperation in the acquisition of materials so that unnecessary duplication does not occur; bearing in mind that TTU and TTUHSC are totally separate institutions. The Libraries of the Health Sciences serve all faculty and graduate students of TTU on the same basis as those of TTUHSC. However, requests for specific purchases from TTU students and faculty are referred to TTU if out of scope of the Libraries of the Health Sciences. Also, access to electronic resources are granted to TTU faculty and graduate-level students on an as-needed basis and vice versa.
The Regional Medical Library Program, a component of the National Library of Medicine's Biomedical Communications Network, facilitates the sharing of resources among medical libraries in the U.S. The Libraries of the Health Sciences collectively form one of the 15 resource libraries in the South Central Regional Medical Library Program (Region 5, NNLM/SCR: Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico). The library furthers this cooperation by recording its holdings in regional and national union lists. Through its membership in the South Central Academic Medical Library Consortium (SCAMeL) the library cooperates in several library programs, including the SCAMeL Union List of Serials.
Obscure or historical publications or materials of limited use but of importance for individual research are usually available at the National Library of Medicine or in other major collections in the United States. The existence of several interlibrary loan networks provides the library with limitless access to information.
General caveats and information:
Journals may be selected in several ways for inclusion in the Libraries' collections, including:
Journal deselection presents a different set of problems. Deselection is done with great reluctance because of the difficulty in finding missing issues, should we wish to restart a subscription. Fortunately, we have not had to deselect journals for the past five or so years, except for duplicate subscriptions, thanks to increases in our resource budget and the dramatic rise in our electronic journals (currently, more than 27,000 titles). Deselection is done only after a careful study of decision options has been made, including:
The State of Texas makes it rather difficult to discard or otherwise dispose of library materials, because of its definition of books, audiovisuals (and bound journals) as capitalized property of the state. To attempt to sell or permanently remove library materials such as these from a state agency library constitutes "alienation of state property." Given the facts that library space is finite and library acquisitions are ongoing, the logical conclusion is that, at some point, a weeding of holdings must be accomplished.
Typically, materials to be weeded are selected because 1) they have become too damaged to continue to be maintained within our collections; 2) they have been superceded by new or more recent editions; 3) they are at least ten years old and have a poor record of utilization by our users over the past five years. Any materials deemed to have historical value are not weeded. Because of their relative lack of space, libraries at Amarillo, and Odessa, shall not maintain large historic collections. The library at Lubbock alone has the space and the staff to maintain and preserve historic collections.
Where possible and practical, usually in the case of materials which don't quite fit the criteria above, faculty input to deselection may be sought. The seeking of such input is totally at the discretion of the librarian charged with the weeding. The librarians at all four campus libraries hold faculty appointments in the School of Medicine, while one also holds a faculty appointment in the School of Pharmacy. By training and experience they are competent to weed the collections.
Disposal of items thus weeded is also accomplished at the discretion of the librarian. Materials shall be stamped DISCARDED or WITHDRAWN; they may then be thrown away or placed in an open area for others to pick up. In no case shall such items be sold. In all instances, such items must be removed from the integrated catalog of the library prior to their disposal.


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We've been working with the good folks at e-Sword Bible Software to integrate our library of hundreds of thousands of free audio sermons directly into the newest version of one of the most popular free Bible study software -- e-Sword for Windows and Mac
New! Now with Mac Integration! From Rick Meyers: The SermonAudio.com button on the toolbar will take them to the selected sermon's landing page, or if no sermon is currently selected, then it will take them to www.sermonaudio.com instead. Thanks again for letting us share these wonderful teachings!
This means that while you are doing your Bible study or sermon preparation, you'll quickly be able to see all relevant MP3 sermon titles directly from SermonAudio.com for that particular Bible passage. It's convenient and the best news is that this feature is completely free of charge to both the e-Sword end-users and to our broadcasters!
Download the latest version of e-Sword now completely free of charge..
Built-in player. The e-Sword integration features a built-in audio player so you don't have to leave the program! Enjoy the sermon using familiar controls. Click on the SermonAudio logo to jump directly to the sermon page on SermonAudio.com to learn more about the sermon and its broadcasting church.
Jump to any passage. The sermon window will automatically show you the sermons based on your current passage view. Use the menu option to quickly and conveniently jump to a different passage at any time!
So, broadcasters take note! When new sermons are uploaded to SermonAudio, they will automatically also appear in the "Tools/SermonAudio.com" menu of the e-Sword Bible Software! What a great way to reach Bible students and scholars who are already searching for sermons and other great resources by Bible Reference!
e-Sword is a fast, free, and effective way to study the Bible. With over 25 million users in 230 countries, e-Sword is feature rich and user friendly with more capabilities than you would expect in a free software package.
Enjoy the new partnership!
https://tinyurl.com/y66vhp88 (Religious apps with sinful permissions requests are more common than you think)
It is often in the King James Bible apps and or Pat Robertson's material. It is something you should check out though.👍
I use one called And Bible. The only permissions that it has asked for is to use storage-- which is reasonable.
Thank you,
I found the KJV-1611 with The Apocrypha [URL=https://www.jashow.org/wiki/index.php/The_Apocrypha_and_the_Biblical_Canon]]]The Apocrypha and The Biblical Canon[/URL]. It was listed after all the for-sale Bibles, this one is free. What is was good is that my WEB Bible with the Apocrypha, displayed these Catholic books correctly after I installed the KJV-1611 module. So, I was glad it was still there!
Ah, no doubt the modules there are completely legal to have, and I would say that over the decades Mr. Myers has sometimes made things difficult to run his programs (His DOS bibles never worked on a DOS emulator, and for quite awhile you couldn't get Scofield notes)
Anyway, on his latest e-Sword program I did see he does have a SermonAudio section, There's no reason you can't have more than one Bible program on your computer. I do.
Cindy K. wrote:I have used e-Sword almost since it first became available, and I have not found another program that begins to compare. Reading about the capabilities of the latest version, gives me mixed feelings. Those capabilities would provide an excellent tool, but only users of the latest version. For all of the people who use the older version, that would entail us repurchasing plugins,programs and add-ons we have already purchased, but cannot be used inside the latest version. Some of those are not even available anymore. I wish more consideration would have been taken in dealing with the millions, (as I understand it), that are in this same situation.
But, SA has inspired me to download this latest, free version.
I had been using WORDsearch 7 and there is no comparison.One of the little things I like is the ability to increase the text size so it's easier for an old guy like me to read.Another is the number of downloads available,by far superior to anything I've used.
Anyone who hasn't used e-Sword ought to check it out, particularly for the integration of the Bible text with study resources like Strong's, Matthew Henry, etc.


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Book tours have always been a great way to connect authors to readers, but with the travel and expense, it's not something every writer can afford do on their own. It's also not uncommon for publishers to only send their "bigger" authors on tour, since those are the folks who will draw the largest audience to the store, making it effective as well as cost-effective. Unless you're one of those breakout debut bestsellers, odds are it'll be a few books before you're sent on tour.
My debut novel, The Shifter, came out in 2009. I did four local bookstore signings. One had about 25 people, one had around 15, one had maybe 10 and one had six. That's actually not bad for an unknown author, but add them all up and that's 51 people I spoke to about my book. For the second book, Blue Fire, I did 52 blog tour stops. Even if no one but the people hosting the blog tour read my posts, I was already ahead.
So what exactly is a blog tour?
What you're reading now. An author writes a guest post about a topic, or does an interview with the blogger, and they post it. The author does a lot of these guest posts during a set period of time, usually the month of that book's release. Readers can "stop by" the blog on their schedule and follow the author from blog to blog. Author and blogger both publicize the tour, drawing new readers to each.
How do you arrange a blog tour?
Since I already blog about writing, I simply asked my readers and fellow bloggers if they'd be willing to host me on my tour. I also asked my Facebook friends. Most of them are book lovers, so they have blogs that will help me connect to other book lovers. My only cost was postage to send out some ARCs (advance reader copies) to those who were doing reviews.
Most of the people I contacted I "knew" in some fashion (even if it was just a friend on Facebook or someone I saw frequently on a blog or forum) so it didn't feel as awkward as reaching out to a total stranger. But those friends offered suggestions for other blogs I might want to contact, so I grit my teeth, sent an e-mail, and figured, why not? Worst case they ignore me. But most of them were happy to help out.
How do you pick which blogs?
Book reviewers, other writers, readers who talk about books are all good prospects. If you spend any time online, you may even read a lot of these blogs already. Beyond that, look at your book. If there's a tie in with, say, cooking or horseback riding, look for blogs about those. You can talk about that aspect of the book and how it inspired you.
What happens next?
Once you set up your tour, then the hard work begins. You have to write all those posts. Getting them done ahead of time is important, because it takes more time than you'd expect, and you'll probably have other things to worry about when the book actually releases. You also want to be courteous to your host blogger and get them the post ahead of time so they can schedule it. And don't forget to include the cover of your book, an author photo, links to your website, blog, and a place to buy your book, as well as a short blurb about the book, and an author bio. Not every blog will use all of it, but it's nice to offer options.
What do you write about?
Once someone agreed to host me, I asked if they had an idea for the topic. They know their blog readers, so they'd know best what might interest them. As with any kind of blogging, you want to provide content someone wants to read about. No one wants promotional fluff. Most bloggers had an idea and made great suggestions. Those who didn't said I could pick.
Now, this is where it got tricky. With 50+ blog posts over 30 days, I had to make sure that I wasn't saying the same things over and over. Each post had to be different so those following the tour would get fresh material every day. The pure guest posts (like this one) were easy. If someone wanted the same topic, like say world building, I made sure I approached each post from a unique angle and covered different things.
Interviews were the hardest ones, because I had no control over the questions asked. For any similar questions, I tried to angle my answers so they focused on a different aspect. For example, if someone asked where I got the idea for the book (very common) I picked one part of where the idea came from instead of going through the whole story every time.
How did you keep track of it all?
I used a spreadsheet and listed the blogger, the address for the blog, the date, the topic, and the status. Trying to keep it all straight wasn't easy, and having that spreadsheet made a world of difference. It was also a good way to make notes on folks who still needed to get back to me or who needed ARCs sent.
How do you promote the blog tour?
I had a master schedule on my blog, plus each day my blog linked to the blogs on the tour stop for that day. To show the different topics, I gave a little description so folks knew this post on point of view was not the same as the point of view post from last week. I also linked them to Facebook, and announced them on a writer's forum I frequented (Absolute Write). The bloggers I visited usually promote the tour as well, as they wanted to drive new readers to their blog. Just use websites, Facebook, Twitter, whatever networking tool you have available to you.
What do you do on tour day?
Another important aspect of the tour is to follow up. The whole point is to connect with readers, so make sure I check back and read the comments, join the discussion, answer questions, and be a part of that blog's community. If the blog offers the "e-mail me on new comments" feature, use it. That way you can keep up with what's going on and not have to constantly check. It's also helpful to arrange a schedule for checking back so you know every two hours (or whatever you pick) you click over to that day's posts, or even the last few days if the comments are still active. Bookmarking the tour in its own folder makes it a lot easier to follow up. If there's a subscribe to comments option, take it, as that way you'll be notified of comments.
Isn't a blog tour an awful lot of work?
Absolutely. My average post runs about 700 words (this one is actually twice that), and over 50 blogs, that's 35,000 words. I wrote blog posts every day for weeks, several a day, to get them all done. But here's the thing—all this work is going to reach more readers than if I went store to store. I'd never be able to arrange 50 book signings, and if I did, I'd spend months going to them. Better still, these posts are on the web now, so months and even years after this tour is over, folks will continue to stumble upon that post. The promotion never ends as long as that blog is active.
Wait a second, if this is about promotion, why haven't you said much about the book?
Remember that "no one wants to read promotion fluff?" That's why. Would you have stayed with me this long if all I was doing was talking about my book? But hopefully I've given you helpful and interesting information, and you might click over to see what my book is all about. Most bloggers provide a little bio and some information about their guest bloggers, so there's probably a little something about my book at the end of the post.
I'm finding the blog tour a fun and effective way to reach out to readers and let them know I have a book out there. It was hard work, but it was work I got to do on my own schedule in my own way.
And I didn't have to stay in any cheap motels to do it.
Originally posted during the Blue Fire blog tour at Anne R. Allen's blog


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Guest Post - Shirley Braden
Don't these Coconut Meringues look delicious? Well, they're naturally gluten free and dairy free. Today, we are lucky enough to have a Guest Post written by Shirley Braden, owner and writer of the blog/website "gfe--gluten free easily."
I've recently become a huge fan of her blog. While I haven't met Shirley in person, from her blog posts, emails, and comments, I sense real warmth and caring. She's an awesome cook and shares her knowledge about eating gluten free. Shirley is also Leader of King George Celiac and Gluten Intolerance Group, King George, Virginia.
Below is her post and a wonderful recipe. Oh and I first found Shirley from her comments on Dept. of Nance. So thanks to Nance for leading me to her. And a huge thank you to Shirley for taking the time to join us here today! I really appreciate it! Oh and one small disclaimer. To my knowledge, Shirley is not a medical doctor and nothing in her post should be construed as medical advice. Please consult your family doctor if you have any medical questions.
May is National Celiac Awareness Month. Or, is it? Most organizations that are associated with celiac/gluten intolerance do, in fact, conduct this observance in May. However, to date, no national month has been formally established and some associated organizations and even individual states, have adopted other months for this observance. So, as it stands now, there's confusion. Confusion also extends to current testing and diagnosis of celiac. (Note: While health issues caused by gluten extend beyond celiac, such as non-celiac gluten intolerance and non-celiac gluten sensitivity, the focus of this article will be celiac.)
In simple terms, celiac is a genetic autoimmune disease caused by a reaction to gluten. Gluten is the protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and usually oats (via cross contamination). Celiac is the most common and most undiagnosed autoimmune disease in the United States. A landmark study, from 2001 through 2003, led by Dr. Alessio Fasano (Director of the University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research), established the prevalence rate of celiac in the U.S. as 1 in 133. The 1 in 133 prevalence rate equates to at least 3 million people in the U.S. with celiac.
While this number is clearly huge, it's still hard to get a feel for how common the disease really is. Therefore, I appreciate the data points that the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center (hereafter, referred to as UCCDC) provides. (Please view Celiac Disease Facts and Figures--a PDF file , that is also present on the sidebar under gfe's favorite resources.) Again, celiac affects at least 3 million. In comparison, epilepsy affects 2.7 million, rheumatoid arthritis affects 2.1 million, Parkinson's disease affects 1 million, Crohn's disease affects 500,000, and multiple sclerosis affects 400,000. The UCCDC states that it would take 936 cruise ships to carry everyone with celiac or 4,400 Boeing 747 airplanes. Wow---that's quite a visual, huh? Furthermore, the number of people with celiac is about equal to the population of Nevada. Significantly more individuals have celiac than the number of people who live in such states as Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Mexico, New Hampshire, or Vermont (all of which have populations less than 2,200,000).
Again, three million people have celiac. But, here's the kicker … today, 6 years after Dr. Fasano published his findings on the prevalence of celiac, 97% of individuals with celiac remain undiagnosed or misdiagnosed with other illnesses. Yes, you read that information correctly. Only 3% of those with celiac have been diagnosed to date. The reasons are varied and numerous, some of which I'll share here.
Per the UCCDC, physicians were taught during medical school that celiac disease was so rare that they would never encounter a patient with celiac in their entire career. Even today, the education on celiac disease in medical school may consist of a single 30-minute lecture during four years of classes. Furthermore, medical textbooks still contain outdated information. For example, while celiac used to be called "the wasting disease" and the literal picture of celiac was an individual who was extremely underweight with a malnourished appearance, the reality is that less than 5% of those with celiac "present" that way today. Many individuals who have celiac are, in fact, overweight or obese. Others may be of average weight.
In fact, symptoms of celiac are widely varied and may change over time. Dr. Fasano has called celiac a "clinical chameleon." Numerous sources cite hundreds of symptoms related to celiac. The National Foundation for Celiac Awareness states that there are more than 300 symptoms associated with celiac. No two individuals will have exactly the same symptoms and no two authoritative resources will list the same symptoms. One person may have one symptom; another might have 12 symptoms, and those symptoms could change over the years---some going away with time only to be replaced by new symptoms. All of those symptoms could be attributed to different medical conditions by one's doctor. To further complicate the face of celiac, about 40% will exhibit no symptoms. However, it is likely that these individuals with "silent" celiac could develop a major illness later in life (e.g., intestinal lymphoma, another autoimmune disease). Although celiac was thought to be solely a digestive disease for many years, recent research has shown serious, negative impacts to almost all of the human body. Please take a moment to review 20+ Reasons You Should Be Tested for Gluten Issues to see if you (or others you know) have these symptoms.
The only acceptable treatment today for celiac disease is a gluten-free diet, which means there is no pharmaceutical tie-in. Because doctors see many patients in their typical day and bear increasing paperwork responsibilities, the reality is that many of them get their day-to-day education from pharmaceutical representatives. Because no drugs are approved for the prevention or treatment of celiac at this time, celiac is neither on the radar of the pharmaceutical reps, nor on that of the doctors'. And, for very much the same reason, it's not even on our, the patients' radar---how many of us get our education on illnesses and treatment through pharmaceutical ads on television today?
Furthermore, the "gold standard" for celiac testing and diagnosis is positive blood testing followed by an endoscopic biopsy. However, current testing methods are not highly accurate. Some folks who test negative on the blood test actually test positive via the biopsy. A study by Dr. Peter H.R. Green (Director of Columbia University's Center on Celiac Research), et al, showed the number of false negatives via blood testing to be about 30%. However, biopsies are typically not performed when a patient has a negative blood test. In fact, the UCCDC states that one fourth of patients with a positive blood test were not biopsied because either their doctor refused to perform the procedure or their insurance company would not cover it. In addition, Dr. Green (in Celiac Disease, A Hidden Epidemic, co-authored with Rory Jones), states that for those with dermatitis herpetiformis (DH), the skin manifestation of celiac, about 30% will not test positive for celiac through blood testing because they do not have the intestinal damage that others with celiac have. The gold standard for a diagnosis of DH is made through a skin biopsy. However, these biopsies continue to be performed incorrectly by dermatologists. (I can personally attest to this occurrence, because my own son was subjected to a DH biopsy performed on the skin eruption versus the adjacent area as required.)
On the flip side, many folks who test positive on the blood test will not test positive on the biopsy. In a presentation by Dr. Fasano (which I attended a few years ago), he indicated that a large number (about 40% if I remember correctly) of biopsies were taken and/or interpreted incorrectly. The scope, itself, used for the endoscopy also has physical limitations. Some folks are reporting celiac diagnosis via pill cam today, which basically goes where a scope can not.
Dr. Green has stated that individuals can have celiac disease for years before it can be revealed by current testing. He has also stated that once there is a pharmaceutical buy-in (e.g., pending FDA approval of a drug(s) to prevent celiac or allow affected individuals to safely eat gluten), he expects the pharmaceutical companies to invest in medial research to improve celiac testing. The reason, to me, is clear. These companies will want as many lifelong customers for their medications as possible. My expectation is that not only will the accuracy of celiac testing be greatly improved as a result, but the scope of what constitutes celiac is also likely to be broadened. In fact, I expect the outcome will be that both non-celiac gluten intolerance and non-celiac gluten sensitivity will finally be recognized as valid medical conditions by all in the medical profession.
The pharmaceutical tie-in is likely to occur in the fairly near future as there are currently several drugs associated with celiac in the research and testing phases. One is a vaccine being developed in Australia. The most publicized drug for those with celiac is being developed by Alba Therapeutics (of which Dr. Fasano is a co-founder) to allow individuals to safely eat gluten. The Alba Therapeutic drug, now designated as AT-1001, is on FDA's "Fast Track" program. Personally, I do not plan to ingest any drug that is approved for the treatment of gluten-related issues. In my opinion, the gluten-free diet is the best treatment because it is without side effects or risk factors---something that no drug is ever proclaimed to be. I live a fabulous life and feel great gluten free, so I see no reason to change. The easiest, healthiest, and least expensive way to eat gluten free is to focus on "real" foods (meat, seafood, fruit, vegetables, and dairy) and throw in some gluten-free mainstream processed foods and a few gluten-free specialty foods. I call this approach gluten free easily (gfe)---no drugs required.
My belief, and one that is shared by others, is that many folks are going gluten free on their own because they can't get a diagnosis of celiac due to many of the circumstances I've cited above. Once one is eating gluten free, it is highly unlikely that a celiac diagnosis can be obtained from the "gold standard" testing. The antibodies measured in blood testing immediately start decreasing and the villi of the small intestine start healing. The lack of a celiac diagnosis can lead to dismissal of a patient's symptoms, misdiagnoses, and many, many years of ill health. There is much discussion and controversy on whether individuals without a celiac diagnosis should follow a gluten-free diet, but again, the focus of this article is celiac. (For the record, I advocate celiac testing, but if one can't get a definitive diagnosis and sees their health improve by eating gluten free, then to me the answer is to continue to eat gluten free.)
Those of us who are close to the cause of celiac are committed to increasing the diagnosis rates by educating medical professionals and individuals through awareness events (e.g., fundraiser walks), conferences, support groups, blogs, and articles. Also, please urge your legislators to support the National Celiac Awareness bill currently before Congress (re-introduced by Rep. Nita Lowey of New York) by going to the American Celiac Disease Alliance site and clicking on the blue "write" button. This bill will ensure that May is established as the National Celiac Awareness Month and promote celiac awareness. Finally, please educate yourself to see if you might be the one in 133 by reviewing the data presented in this article (and via links) and spread the word to others by reading/sharing celiac education sites and gluten-free blogs. Be thoughtful towards gluten-free friends, by purposely choosing to dine with them in restaurants that have gluten-free menus (or can easily prepare safe gluten-free meals) or by training yourself and serving them naturally gluten-free meals when you invite them for dinner.
Here's a treat that both you and any of your guests can enjoy … sort of bite-sized equivalents of coconut pie!
Shirley Braden's Coconut Meringues (naturally gluten free and dairy free)Makes about 20 cookies.
1 and 1/2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
2 egg whites
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
dash of salt
2/3 cup granulated sugar
Beat egg whites and dash of salt until soft peaks form. Gradually add in sugar while beating until peaks are stiff and glossy. Fold in coconut and vanilla. Drop by rounded teaspoon onto greased baking sheet.
Bake at 325 degrees about 18 - 20 minutes until set and very slightly browned. Center will still be soft. (If cookies harden while removing and are difficult to remove, just pop back in the oven for a few seconds and try again.)
Thanks so much to Anali for giving me the opportunity to address this very important topic!
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As part of its second sponsorship, Zaxby's will help grant the wishes of 45 children with life-threatening medical conditions.
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